President Bush to Nominate Two Individuals to Serve in His Administration

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate two
individuals to serve in his administration.

The President intends to nominate Michael A. Battle to be United
States Attorney for the Western District of New York. Battle
has served as Erie County Family Court Judge in Buffalo, New York,
since 1996. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney
General in Charge of the 8th Judicial Circuit with New York State
Attorney General's Office. From 1992 to 1995, Battle was an
Assistant Public Defender in the Federal Public Defender's Office for
the Western District of New York, and from 1985 to 1992, he was an
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New
York. He is a graduate of Ithaca College and the State
University of New York at Buffalo Law School.

The President intends to nominate Randal Quarles to be Deputy Under
Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs and upon
confirmation, designate as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. Quarles is presently the United States Executive
Director of the International Monetary Fund. Before joining the
International Monetary Fund, he was a Partner with Davis, Polk and
Wardwell as well as the co-head of the Financial Institutions
Group. From 1991 to 1993, he served with the Department of
the Treasury, first as Special Assistant to the Secretary and then
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
Policy. From 1984 to 1991, Quarles was an Associate with
Davis, Polk and Wardwell in both their New York and London
offices. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale
Law School.